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Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-05-27
baltimore & OHIO RAILROAD,
In effect Sunday, April ~, 1887.
standard Time.

EAST BOUND.
Train No. u from. Chicago and st;
Louis; leaves Martinsburg at 400. and
Washington $40. arrives Baltimore at
7i3o and leaves 8:45 a. M; arrives Phila-
delphia at 1890 p. m.
Train No. from Pittsburg: leaves
Pittsburg at gao p. m. Cumberland at
ago a. M. Martinsburg 5:o7. and Wash
ington 7:5o a. M; arrives Baltimore
$3.50 a. m.
No I46. mixed train, leaves Martins
burg 6. 20 a. m, except Sunday; connects
for Winchester, Hagerstown and Fred
erick. m
No. 66, except Sunday, leaves Mar
tinsburg at II a. m, via. main line;
stops at all stations, connects for Valley
Branch, Hagerstown, Frederick.
No q, limited from St. Louis and Gin
cinnati leaves Martinsbnrg at lI:55
a M; Washington 40, P M, and Balti-
more SIS P m; arrives Philadelphia
No 3S, Baltimore and way stations
via. Washington; leaves Mart1nsburg
at s D m. connects for Winchester,
Hagerstown and Frederick.
4 No s, limited from Chicago and Pitts
burg leaves Martinsburg 5:2op m, and
] WASHINGTON 7.Z5 II HI dtA1NGS Dali
more at $40 b M, and leaves at 0:45
M. arrives Philadelphia at a m.
WEST BOUND.
No S, limited from Philadelphia to
Chicago and Pittsburg !; leaves Philadel-
phia m. Baltimore at 10 80 a my;
Washington at II as a M, and Martins
burg at 10 40 p m.
NO 1, limited to Cincinnati and St.
Louis leaves Philadelphia 10 as a m. !;
Baltimore : so; Washington 5 go; Mar
tinsburg S 26 p m.
No7, Pittsburg Express ;Martinsburg
at II o8. p m. arrives Cumberland 20,
and Pittsburg at s so m.
No s. Cincinnati, Chicago and St.
Louis; leaves Philadelphia 4 as: Balti-
more s.; Washington 10 10 p M, and
Martinsburg II "a m.
No IS, daily except Sunday-Balt
more to Grafton Martinsburg at II IS
M, stops at all stations and connects
for Romney.
Mixed train, LAT daily; leaves Mar
tinsburg at q so m, connects for Rom
ney and stops at all stations.
No las leaves 4 70 q m, except Sum
day: stops at all stations.
Accommodation for Cherry Run
leaves Z 40 D m, except Sunday.
j. r. MARTIN. Agent
Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-05-27
l-oGaA NAe>sas !
Strawberry festivals are ii order.

Strawberry festivals are in order.
Mrs. William McElroy IS sojourning
among friends in Washington.
Attend the meeting Of the Y. M. &.
A. this evening.
The organ grinder was in town YES.
terday.
M. D. Baker, of Frederick, is in town
on business.
The farmers report that considerable
damage has been done to the growing
crops BY the recent rains.
Mr.. H. "A. Riddle, the General Pas
senger Agent Of the G. v. Z. R.Twas in
the city yesterday.
The brick work on the new building
Of Nessrs Emmert & Fiery, was COM
menced this morning
Messrs. G. Hanlill, Of Oakland, and
d. Hoge, Of Deer Park, Nd, were
in town to-day.
C.V.R. r. will sell excursion tickets
to Gettysburg, monday. Fare for the
round trip viii be s3.43
MATRIMONIAL Cards are out for
the wedding Of M. Il. b. Gerhardt. Of
this city. and Hiss Ella Robert. Of
Gettysburg, Pa, to take place June and.
The Singer Sewing Machine Com
pany has closed its Office al this place,
and the agent has moved u Hagers
town.
/ Mr.. Geo. W. Grange was ordered
by the council last night to have the
crossing at Biondei's corner repaired
which was promptly attended TO this
morning.
IN yesterdays Issue of the GAZETTE
we made mention of the shipments Of
wool made BY Mr.. Luther Miller and
Mr.. David We'll. it should have been
10000 lbs. by Mr.. Miller and $1,000 lbs.
BY Mr.. Well.
The ST. Clair Hotel has contributed
$500 as their share to the 4th Of July
fund. The liberal patronage which our
business men are extending to the f.
nancial committee means that the mer-
chants trades display will be an assured
success.
The two squares on West Martin ST.,
bounded by maple Avenue, must BE- the
center Of musical culture III Martins.
burg. There are nine pianos and s or
gans, besides various orchestral instrn-
ments. Wouldn't there be music
in the air if all fourteen were pounded
upon at once?
The 4th Of July Celebration Commit
tees held an enthusiastic meeting last
night. aud mapped out some necessary
work. A large number Of invitations
have been sent out, and the prospects
for big day are very bright. Efforts
are being made to secure theRohrbaugh
Lawn as the place to entertain visitors.
Property owners who are fortunate
enough to have front yards, could
make no better Improvement than ix-
ing them up, planting flowers, ect. II
increases the value Of real estate, and
adds much to the beauty Of the streets,
on which they are located. The yards
Of Messrs. 5. H.Martin, and ]. W.
Pitzer are alcredit to West King street
Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-05-27
Promptitude and Thonghtfulnsss.


It Is rather late to tell story Of the
Forest Hills disaster, but there is one little
incident still untold, and which would re-
main forever untold il it waited until its
hero told it, or until his consent to its tell
ing was obtained There lives, not, far
from the Providence depot, d dentist who
is well known about town, being hail fell
low well met with scores OF good fellows,
and who, though Of retiring disposition,
has a great deal Of public spirit, which
now and then crops out In some substan-
tial service to his fellow men. This gem
tleman is about bright and early In the
morning, and happened to be at the Prov
idence depot getting shaved when the very
first news of the Forest Hills disaster
came in. Without losing moment, the
doctor got possession Of the telephone, and
held it until he had notified about dozen
surgeons and physicians Of his acquaint-
ance, skillful men all Of them; to pack up
their kits and drive post haste to the scene
Of the disaster.
A very simple thing to do, and yet how
many men, who 'shad no friend or brother"
at the wreck, would have shown like
promptitude and thoughtfulnessi Beyond
a doubt this incident helps to explain the
unparalleled CELEBRITY with which the
wounded in that great disaster were cared
for.-Boston Transcript.
Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-05-27

three rehe0rSalS Were considered sufficient
in the way Of preparation. Under such
circumstances the actor was constantly
called upon for feats Of memory.
4 THOUSAND PARTS.
II have no doubt" said an old actor
the other day to the writer, that many
of the players Of thirty or forty years ago,
who made the profession their life work,
learned during their career as many a.
1000 parts. have learned 1000 parts
myself, and became identified with runs,
Is they are called now, very early In my
career. Take, for instance, the case Of q
player in q stock company In st. Louis or
Pittsburg, when IL was the custom Of the
star to travel and find different support
ing company waiting for him IN each diff
ferent city he visited I tell you the sup
porting company had to do some tall
memorizing II was no unusual thing
for Forrest to change his bin every night.
Those were the times that man had to
have quick study or he was not much
use In the profession. Twenty lengths
were nothing to him. =
Elbow much is lengthi''
"A length Is forty lines. It Is the meas
are b. which the theatrical copyist was
paid, and Is still paid, because the type
writer Is not tolerated in any good stock
theatre. The copying of plays and parts
is ono of the perquisites of the prompter.
Tho copying Of play by an old copyist is
a rsatter of $50. But then the book was
perfectly marked, so that if o stage mana
ger took it up he could rehearse from it at
once without having to devise exits and
entrances and stage business as he pro-
ceeded. These type written copies Of
49, =
scripts of the dialogue. When they are
finished and tied with blue ribbons they
are only half done. But outside of the
desire among oil managers to cherish good
old theatrical customs, the copying Of
plays Is left to tho theatre, because under
euoif afFang 6hleht 10 copy or aevalnabl6
manuscripts cln possibly got into the hands
Of pirates. It has been since the introduce
ton Of thes type writer that stolen and
printed versions of plays have been 50
plenty. New York Mail and Express
Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-05-27

three rehearsals were considered sufficient
in the way Of preparation. Under such
circumstances the actor was constantly
called upon for feats OF memory.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-28
A CHAT NTH EX-SENA TOR HILL
AN INDEPENDENT TELEGRAPH LrNE-sILvER col

AN INDEPENDENT TELEGRAPH LrNE-sILvER COIN
AGr-MR BLAINE's STRENGTH.
EX-SENATOR " ?. Hill. OF Colorado. who is il. ths
civ has been in Boston attending of his private
affairs The Senator's hair is growing gray and the
badness on his rounG head has increased in size untu
only fringe of hair unds IT, He has withdrawn,
so he saws. almost entirely from politics and entered
more widev into business affairs Among other enter
rses which he has recently undertaken is the consruo
ton OF nn inde edent line of telegraph from Kansas
City 20 Denver TO connect with the Postal Telegraph
and the Baltimore an Ohio telegraph systems. 10
talking about this after he said Our telegraph tarih
roln Denver until recently has been 81 Tor ten words
Since the starting OF the project Tor tue new line rom
Kansas City they have dropped TO 10 cents. When
/ was in Chicago the other day sent dispatch 10
New York tor 10 cents and the dlspach 10 Den
yer costs me 70 cnts The distances about equal
TIE lesser rate was ample tor the Denver dispatch. but
as We have only telegraph line they make us pay
roundly tor il. Wherever there IL competition the
rate cores down OF once. he increase OF business
under petitlve is amply sufficient TO make u
profitable
" How about National fnancesi Have you been
watching the course OF Congress ,
Yes have watched the session closely. The senti-
men of the country is in favor OF continuing the coin
of silver and Congress in refusing TO disturb II has
simply obeyed the wishes OF the people; mere was
some Drospcct that they would pass Lnlmited coin
aye bill raich would have been deslratle advance;
The business of the COUNTRY demands that here shoud
be an increase in the volume OF currency TO correspond
with its rapid growth The volume not keeping pac,
nth the increase OF business. The dinerence VIII
eventually financial distress The production OF
p,d is falling of and We have only SILVER 10 rely upon
bc same condition OF things pre-, al largely over the
entire world, and al the nations will be obliged to
come to silver before long
. Fxary body Is tor Blaine in Colorado. He appears
by ali odds the strongest man in the Republican party
heard a good deal about sherman here in the East,
but regar8 II as the natural ebb and flow OF politics
rather than any substantial movement that would Lead
TO his nomination. AS things stand now Mr. Blaine
roul be elected-at least that Is nv judgment Col.
,..Ass fhA n
NAV be mistaken III my Judgment but that is the way
Il looks TO me-"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-28

adopted n similar bill which win lie enforced
ly State authority IN spirit hottie TO railways,
and the failure of the President to induce
several able men to act on the commL's'o on
makes it the more regretted that he seems
likely to aproint one so little vercd IN uahSr
portation problems as Mr.. Morrison.
Wheat has declined little during the week
nork has sharply advanced. oil and cotton nave
changed but little. and iron has grown distinctly
weaker the demand having slackcned. 1t
would he unfortunate for the iron industry II,
after putting in blast furnaces oil greater
productive capacity then ever and after raising
tho wages Of workmcn quito generally from 10
70 % Der cent the consumption should sud
denly fall off But a natural effect OF the In
+, rstate bill would be to limit railroad con-
tr,,ction and improvements until its interpre-
t,iion has been determined. Congress VIII
soon adjourn. but the labor disturbances DO
not cease though some Of them, like the str1ke
NJ tho ,longshorcmen and coal handlers have
ended. Tho Knights and Amalgamaed Asso-
citation Of Iron and Steel Workers have at last
como to open antagonism, and the demands oil
coal miners and coke makers grow urgent as
the business appears moro prosperous. oplnhers
of Fall River have also demanded larger wages
and have been met with reference 10 heir
ovnrcss agreement, 50 that strike in that
ouar,cr is feared. while the Massachusetts shoe
makers. who declared their independence OF
trade unions. seem to bc generally successful
and arc gradually rcS,mirg work.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-28
CAR HEATING AND LIGHTING.

The majority report Of the Railroad Commits
sioners to the State Legislature Is not saus-
factory The objections against steam heatlhg
which tho Commissioners bring forward arc
such as might DO expected in the report OF the
employees of corporation DESTROYS mainly OF
saving expense to the latter. but which have
no fit place in a statement made by puphc
officials. whose plain duty it is 10 put the safety
of tho people above all other considerations
The Commissioners say that steam heating
would require special heating plant at certain
stations The implication seems to be that inc
public ought not to demand mode OF heating
which would cost the railroads something extra
OF course this consideration is not sound under
the circumstances. The truth Is that there Is
abundant evidence TO warrant the conclusion
that cars can always he heated from the en-
cinc. and that this is the only thoroughly rare
way of heating them The majority report Is
virtually in favor Of continuing the dangerous
stove heating plan, providing that the stoves
are so incloscd in metal castings that the con-
tents cannot he spilled in case of collision
This condition is impractiC able. If fire is KEEP
in or under the cars it will be impossible so to
auard II that in the event Of accident IT can
not set fire to the wreck. And oven II con-
migration could he prcvcntcd.it is clear that a
hot furnace projected among the passengers
fastened down in the wreck might subject
them to horrible fortunes.
The majority report is in fact against inc
weight of evidence. and has the appearance OF
having been drawn rather from the point OF
view of the railroad companies than from that
Of the public interests. The minority report.
ly Commissioner O'Donncll. is far more can
did and intelligent document. MIR. O'Donncl
Is decidedly Of opinion that the cars can ana
should lie heated by steam He further dcprc-
Gates the use of oil for lighting, while the ma
iority defend that dangerous method. The ma
ioritv indeed fairly stulGfy themselves by al
tcmpting to show that the OIL lamps add moth
ing 10 the dargcr in case Of collision. Inc
lu,plcation Of this argument must lie Tat the
dciri, Of a car is not rendered more inilam-
mable bv being saturated with srcm or kcro
>cne oil. Mr. ODonncl justly contends that
no fire. either in stoves or lamps. should uc
ucrmittcd in railroad cars but that steam and
electricity should supply heat and hight. Inc
minority report contains the DRAFT OF bii pro-
yiding that all stoves shall ic 30 con-
strqlccd and guarded a. to prevent the car from
catching fire under any circumstances. Huch
4 provision Is palpably futile. and the same re-
mark applies to the clause relating to me teoI
andard Of the oil employed for lighting.
There j. one way TO project the hives OF the
travelling public and only one; and that is 10
hanish both stoves and OIL lamps from lhc cars
The ma ority Of the Railroad Commissioners
have no, done well IN making rcO"It INC
practical tendency Of which Is ob'tructvc ana
rot rcfolmatory
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-28
rur rr0LUTIOy or me HICKMAN.

Ia PHILADELPHIA to be regarded Us the literary
centre Of this continent. all others counterfeit
po her sister cities yield that palm to her on inc
first ballot? II perchance any thoughtl'ss person
feels inclined 10 answer these questions III
reluctant but rather decided NEGATIVE let nm
drst inform himself OF the attitude al the culreh'
Philadelphia hacliman toward polite literature
uocxmcn US n rule. we believe. TAKE buJ ian
mid interest in bellcs-lcttrcS but Philadelphia
b.ckmen il turns out, are ardent admirers Vi
u.,t Whitman Mr.. Whitman lately delivered
an address and read selections from his poems
before n Philadelphia club. What followed when
he started TO go home Is thus relateu ny ihc
Press of that city
,r,-.o backmen who we're Whiting the pavement
and who might have been excused II they had failed TO
ran,uIe "A celebrity In whitman. seeing nm hesitate
,.ni that he needed assistance In descending the
str, and ran To help him. take my arm Mr. whitman
r., sbow how well he while all three crowded Tue
poet IN their efforts to direct ms sEps % I'm sa az
ionr men, Mr.. Whitman reached the whns cp u. 81 ~
That was Walt whitman helped then saiu ore W .ne
urre to stoical looking coaclnan Oh rnsS h 'nd
"n IL was me who held his lett arm sud the so,onu
raously We'll" the last conented himself w say 'nS;
would have helped him more II you siP 1Ma "'
- nrst I" IL was only just perhaps thal naohhich
heI1 nrcciatc pot who has found something pict
sane and poctlc the driver of an express wagon
4. i a beautiful incident, and IL Is To be hoped
that the sb,cal Enslishman had The lame OF poetlc
a,,n,eciation kindled in his OWE bosom as he
i''',o,n,Ioted it, Does it not so far TO prove
,.ot pLiladel hla is entitled TO wear the literary
.hct2 obviously it does. When we find city SO
ncr,oooted with the Literary spirit that even rs
.rochical an element in her community as the
n.lmcn struggle with one another for the honor
-, a., ing nm arm to II venerable votaIy OF the
,,,,.cs but one conclusion is to be drawn. That
oi,v Is the literary centre, and no rival can dis
,,tc her title without first showing that she also
ann boast of hackmen who delight TO burn incense
~ the shrine of poetry. Can Newly orx indulge
~ such a boast? Or Boston? Or Chicago
Sneol.ing Of hacSmen and literature, IL was
,ieasant narrative thai Artemus Ward was fond
nf relating touching his own experience OF the
two. He was passing cab stand in London-so
his story ran-in company with friend, when in
obedience to one OF his characteristic freaks ol
frolic no hailed o cabby and requested him to
come down from his box. Cabby promptly came
down 1hlSIng some silver from his pocket The
ir, eprcssble Jester remarked: NOW see here.
cabby, my friend and | have been having dis
nute and have asreed TO leave the point DO you
u i'll you decide it If so l don't mind givine
YOU something for your trouble The pleased
but amazed cabby replied that he would do the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-28
PERSONAL.

Tho Empress OF Austria Is in i'll health again. sho
cannot ride, fence, nor tiho any exercise saVo
Walking.
Vito Cercolone who died recently at Milan, has
LEFT by will his entire fortune amounting to 100000
10 King HumberE
Mime Allani was recently received at Berlin py
tina Empross who Kept her In friendly conversation
,or nm bour Whlo they talking the Emperor
CANA 4, and oincd genialy In their chat I've Just
~ amt dri> iug said he. But thought the doc
tnrs ,or,ado YOU to co." said me Emtlus:' Inc,
Sid d u he replicd "but | went all the same"
p.n,amin T. Robbins, who died In Arizona recently
ma cantan of the ship Golden Hind, which was
,.r,o,oI year. AGO on tho Falkland Islands. After
hat fearful and memorable experience no never went
to sea again
Tho Row. DR.. W. W. Niles, Protestant Episcopal
bishop of Now-IIampshirc. is seriously Ill.
Tho Queen of the Belgians in her palace at Brus-
sells, recently listened to the entire opera OF faust
N pari. by means of q telephone The next day the
King also at Brussels had long chat oVor tho WIN
with President Grevy Ut tho Eysec.
Tho Rev Ethelbers Talbot has accepted the mis-
.,ouary bishoprc OF wyoming and Idaho, and VIII
nter upon his work In June.
Peace prevails between tho rival cities IN Minnesota,
ur W. f. HASKELL OF "Tho Minneapolis Tribune,
m, lust boon married to Miss Olga Won wedeismedt
Of st. Paul. The happy couple VIII spena 1o CUNNING
tx months In Europe.
Savannah, according to its "Morning News'' nhds
ho Rev DP Leonard W. Bacon to be briiiAnt ano
attractive " o preacher. with much pocuo ierVor sho
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-28
TASTEFUL SCHEMES or DEFENCE.

1t will bc grave public misfortune n 4
compromise measure lie substituted for the
HawIey Ordnance bills Several members OF
The House have introduced bills relating to Thu
subject. and one Of these projects is receiving
strong support from the Standing Committee.
This is Mr.. Bragg's coast defence scheme. which
is recommended by leading members on the
Democratic side as economical. safe and no.
wasteful. II is certainly cheap. but ii is not safe
and it il wasteful. Ii does not provide for the
manu- acture OF guns Of a calibie larger than Il
inches and since guns of callble less than
is inches are comparatively uscloss for harbor
defence under the conditions OF modern war
fare. it is anything but sale bill and 1t IN
wolves wasteful expenditure OF money. The
Fortliicaiions Board has recommended l6inch
guns as incomDarably more valuable than T.
inch guns for purposes Of coast defence. II
has expressly urged the mounting OF forty-four
l6-inch guns in twenty-five tui1cto as the mos
efficient and powerful form of ordnance pro
lection vet devised. If the country IL TO he
defended with 12-inch guns ii might as we'll
go unprotected. Such guns are behind the
amos even now and ten years hence would bc
laughing stock for the military engineers of
Errope.
Another Objectionable feature Of Mr.. Bragg's
bill is tho substitution Of one gun factory for
two and the restrictions placed upon the amount
Of finishing plant TO oe furnished. There have
been many reports from ordnance and other
boards submitted to Congress in rcccntycaIs, and
an examination Of those prepared since 1885
shows that il their Recommendations are TO be
carried out. there will he required the FORCES
and finishing plant provided in the Hawcy
bills. Experts and steel makers alike have tcs-
riied that the amount appropriated by thosc
bills will be required in order to induce manu-
facturens 10 cxpend the large sums necessary
for plant suitable for the manufacture Of the
heavy guns that will DO needed to defend the
coasts. The main object Of legislation On this
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-28

subject should he the establishment OF the heavy
ordnance industry on American soil. That OBJ
iect will bc defeated # Mr.. Bragg's ineffective
scheme he substituted for Senator Hawleys
measures. o. manufacturers will not lie en-
oouragcd to procure plant adequate for turning
out heavy ordnance Of real value. The lim'ta-
ton Of the amount to bc expended and the
restriction Of the cabre 10 twelve inches
render this uclcss scheme. The Senate
should nave nothing to do with so wrctchcd
a compromise. 1t should stand by its own
Hills and insist upon there Icing wise and
thorough legislation, or else none at all Tor
pronioing National defence.